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It's been a long long time, but I'm pretty sure that looks like the set up used for alcohol titration ... which at least at my school we did in teams for 4 or so. Did you not do this? If I did it, I'd assume that it's a standard part of the UK Curriculum (though again, that was some time ago).

A quick google appears to back me up to some degree?[1] (See "Student Activity 3")

[1]: http://www.scienceinschool.org/2012/issue24/wine

I did a bit, in (UK) A level chemistry, distilling something or other. If I remember correctly, the experiment finished when I mixed up the beakers of clear liquid and ended up throwing away the product we had distilled. Regardless, I was proud of our vial of water.

Where are you from? I live in a poor country and we used to have such setups (high school). In some classes each student can have his own setup and play with it.

It's not quite amazing, though.